Example sentences of "number of [noun sg] [noun pl] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | France lagged behind Britain and Germany in the number of TV sets per capita and ( until 1964 ) in the number of channels . |
| 2 | Er and Stansted in fact now appears to be completely out of proportion in terms of a number of night flights er it is expected to cater for compared to both Heathrow and Stansted . |
| 3 | Number of cigarette packs daily×number of years ; ounces of alcohol daily×number of years . |
| 4 | Once he reached Poitiers his literary output became increasingly religious , and included a number of prose saints ' Lives . |
| 5 | If we have a number of point charges q1 , q2 … , qn at distances r1 , r2 … , rn from the point where we wish to evaluate the potential then we can simply add all the potentials , leading |
| 6 | As regards size , to come to the second point , the Government amendments still seem to contemplate that sixteen should be the norm er but in practice , I would expect a great many exceptions to be made where for example there are number of constituent authorities er as in Greater Manchester er where there 's er a combination of urban areas and large rural areas , or where the authority tends to function through a lot of sub-committees each of which have to be manned as in Greater Man as in Merseyside . |